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Video round up: Fla. court hears arguments over injunction on mandatory delay law

NBC2 News' Heather Turco covers arguments before the Florida Supreme Court regarding an injunction against a 24-hour mandatory delay law (HB 633). According to Turco, the state Supreme Court previously issued a temporary injunction against the law and is now weighing whether to extend the order until a lower court hears the underlying case.

Video round up: Fla. court hears arguments over injunction on mandatory delay law

Turco said in the lawsuit, the "American Civil Liberties Union [ACLU] insists the rule is designed to shame women by forcing them to make two clinic visits," while the state claims that the delay is reasonable. During arguments earlier this week, Julia Kaye, an attorney for ACLU, explained that the law "prevents some women from obtaining abortions" and "double[s] the harassment that a woman faces upon entering the clinic" (NBC2 News, 11/1).

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CBS Austin's Adela Uchida covers a rally protesting a Texas proposal that would require burial or cremation of fetal remains.

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NBC2 News' Heather Turco covers arguments before the Florida Supreme Court regarding an injunction against a 24-hour mandatory delay law (HB 633).

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In this clip, NY 1's Natalie Duddridge covers Planned Parenthood's centennial celebration at New York City Hall.

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USA Today covers a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that found the "most commonly reported sexually transmitted [infections] [STIs] reached an all-time high in 2015."

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The New York Times spotlightsabortion-rights activism against a proposed abortion ban in Poland.

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KUTV/KEYE's Adele Uchida covers a Texas proposal that will require fetal tissue to be buried or cremated.

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In this clip, Rabbi Lori Koffman discusses the intersection of her faith and her advocacy work for abortion rights, stating, "I'm a woman, I'm a mother, I'm a rabbi, I'm a Jew, I'm an American. And all those pieces of me call me to do this work."

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KWTV's Grant Hermes covers the opening of a new reproductive health center in Oklahoma City, which previously had been the largest metropolitan area without an abortion clinic.

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Deutsche Welle's Carl Nasman spotlights @TwoWomenTravel, a Twitter account documenting the experience of two Irish women who traveled to Great Britain to access abortion care for one of the women.

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In this clip, The Nation profiles Leah Torres, an OB-GYN who shares her "career changing, life changing" work as an abortion provider in Utah, a state that imposes several restrictions on abortion care.

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In this map, the Center for American Progress' "ThinkProgress" highlights the seven states that direct Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funds toward crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs), which use misleading tactics to dissuade women from seeking abortion care.

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In this map, the Guttmacher Institute spotlights the 18 states that since 2011 have enacted policies that block funding for contraception or other health care services from being allocated to organizations that provide abortion care or are affiliated with abortion providers.

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In this infographic, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) outlines data showing that the percentage of Texas women opting for long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) through three state-operated health programs increased between 2012 and 2013.

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In this map, the Population Institute illustrates how many of the states at risk of the Zika virus scored poorly on measures of reproductive rights and health.

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In this infographic, the Guttmacher Institute spotlights the increased proportion of insured visits at 28 Title-X supported family planning centers following the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) (PL 111-148).

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In this infographic, the Texas Observer compiled information from the Texas Department of State Health Services, the Texas Policy Evaluation Project and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to provide a snapshot of abortion access in Texas.

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In this map, the Guttmacher Institute highlights the effects of the Hyde Amendment, an appropriations rider that bars federal Medicaid funding from covering abortion care except in the limited cases of rape, incest and life endangerment.

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In this infographic, the Guttmacher Institute tracks recent trends in state abortion laws.

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In this map, the Kaiser Family Foundation spotlights five states and Washington, D.C., which have each enacted policies designed to facilitate access to contraception.

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In this gif, Cosmopolitan shares research from the Texas Policy Evaluation Project showing that the average distance a woman in Texas must drive to access the nearest abortion clinic in the state has increased following the implementation of the state's omnibus antiabortion-rights law (HB 2).

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At a Glance

"A woman's ability to end her pregnancy too often depends on where she lives, her age and how much money is in her pocket."

— Marcela Howell of In Our Own Voice: National Black Women's Reproductive Justice Agenda, discussing ongoing disparities in women's access to abortion care on the 43rd anniversary of Roe v. Wade.

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"If women are not free to make decisions about their own lives and health, they are not free. And if women are not free, none of us are."

— Abortion provider Warren Hern, in a STAT News opinion piece on why he continues to offer abortion care despite receiving harassment and death threats throughout his 42-year career.

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"Not since before Roe v. Wade has a law or court decision had the potential to devastate access to reproductive health care on such a sweeping scale."

— Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, on a ruling from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that upheld major portions of a Texas antiabortion-rights law.